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CLASSICAL 89 AIRING UTAH OPERA’S DON GIOVANNI BY WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART MAY 27 AT 8PM
UTAH OPERA
Don Giovanni
By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791
May 10, 12, 14, 16 at 7:30 pm
May 18 at 2:00 pm
Capitol Theatre
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Libretto by LORENZO DA PONTE
Supertitles translated by Kathleen Lowe
World Premiere: Estates Theatre in Prague on October 29, 1787
Previously at Utah Opera in 1984, 1990, 1997
CAST & ARTISTIC STAFF
CAST
Don Giovanni Christopher Schaldenbrand
Commendatore Gustav Andreassen
Donna Anna Susanna Phillips
Don Ottavio Ryan Macpherson
Donna Elvira Deanne Meek
Leporello Mark Schnaible
Masetto Chad Sloan
Zerlina Shannon Kessler
ARTISTIC STAFF
Conductor Robert Tweten
Director Nicolette Molnár
Choreographer Richard Wacko
Combat Choreographer Paul Kiernan
Assistant Director Jennifer Paradise
Set Designer Eric Fielding
Costume Designer Susan Memmott Allred
Lighting Designer Nicholas Cavallero
Chorus Master Susanne Sheston
Wigs and Make-up Designer Jennifer Lloyd
Musical Preparation Carol Anderson
Stage Manager Bethany Ann Wright
Assistant Stage Manager Joshua Wickard
ARTISTS’ PROFILES
Christopher Schaldenbrand
Commendatore-baritone
Most recent Utah Opera performance:
Recently:
War and Peace; Metropolitan Opera
La bohème; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Telarc recording)
Don Giovanni; New York City Opera, Prague State Theater, Opera Grand Rapids, Brooklyn Academy of Music
Bernstein’s Dybbuk; New York City Ballet
Upcoming:
Don Giovanni; Boston Lyric Opera
La bohème; Cincinnati Opera
Gustav Andreassen
Commendatore- bass
Most recent Utah Opera performance:
Recently:
Il trovatore; Nashville Opera
Die zauberflöte; Arizona Opera
Don Giovanni; Orlando Opera
Der fliegende Holländer; Utah Opera
Aida; Cincinnati Opera
Lord Nelson Mass; Atlanta Symphony
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9; Chautauqua Institution
Upcoming:
Verdi’s Requiem; Northwestern University
Eugene Onegin; National Symphony Orchestra
Les Troyens; Tanglewood with Boston Symphony Orchestra
Die Entführung aus dem Serail; Opéra Atelier (Toronto)
Susanna Phillips
Donna Anna- soprano
Most recent Utah Opera performance:
Recently
Fortunes of King Croesus; Minnesota Opera;
Mozart c minor Mass; Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Musetta; Madison Opera
Upcoming:
Countess; Santa Fe Opera
Countess; Dallas Opera
Musetta; Metropolitan Opera
Ryan MacPherson
Don Ottavio- tenor
Most recent Utah Opera performance:
Recently:
La Rondine; Sarasota Opera
Die frau ohne Schatten; Opéra National de Paris - Bastille
Vanessa; New York City Opera
Cosi fan tutte; Opéra de Nice, France
Upcoming:
La Traviata; New Jersey Opera Theatre
Margaret Garner; Michigan Opera Theatre
Die Zauberflöte; Florentine Opera
Deanne Meek
Donna Elvira- soprano
Most recent Utah Opera performance:
Recently:
The Grapes of Wrath; Minnesota Opera, Utah Opera
Eine Florentinische Tragodie; Bard Summerscape Festival
Falstaff; Opera North, UK
Der Rosenkavalier; Toledo Opera
A Midsummer Night's Dream; Opera National de Lyon
Upcoming:
The Makropulos Case; Teatro Real Madrid
Regina; Utah Opera
Salome; Toledo Opera
A Midsummer Night's Dream; Teatro alla Scala Milan
Mark Schnaible
Leporello- bass baritone
Most recent Utah Opera performance
Recently;
Sweeney Todd; Shreveport Opera
Tannhäuser; Tokyo Opera Nomori
Gurrelieder; Saito-Kinen Festival
Don Giovanni; Boston Baroque
Upcoming;
Das Liebesverbot; Glimmerglass Opera
Xerxes; Boston Baroque
Cosi fan tutte; Shreveport Opera
Chad Sloan
Masetto- bass
Most recent Utah Opera performance
Recently:
Gianni Schicchi; Juilliard Opera Theater
Eugene Onegin; Kentucky Opera
What Next?; Tanglewood Music Festival
Tosca; Utah Symphony and Opera
Upcoming:
Billy Budd; Santa Fe Opera
Shannon Kessler
Zerlina- soprano
Most recent Utah Opera performance
Recently:
Micaela; Astoria Music Festival
Susannah; Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre
Verdi Requiem; Symphony of the Mountains (TN)
Beethoven's 9th Symphony; Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra
Upcoming:
Mendelssohn's St. Paul; Houston Symphony
La Bohème; Houston Grand Opera (debut)
ARTISTIC STAFF
Robert Tweten
Conductor
Most recent Utah Opera performance:
Recently
Don Giovanni; Opera Ontario
Die Zauberfloete; Lyric Opera of Chicago
Don Giovanni; Santa Fe Opera
Tosca; Vancouver Opera
The Merry Widow; Opera Southwest
Il barbiere di Siviglia; Opera Pacific
Die Zauberflöte; Utah Opera
Tosca; Opera Birmingham
Upcoming
Il barbiere di Siviglia; Calgary Opera
La Cenerentola; Austin Lyric Opera
Le nozze di Figaro; Santa Fe Opera
Nicolette Molnár
Director-
Most recent Utah Opera performance:
Recently:
Carmen; Portland Opera
Michael Daugherty’s Jackie O; University of Michigan
James P. Johnson’s The Dreamy Kid / De Organizer (world premieres); University of Michigan
Upcoming:
Dialogues des Carmélites; Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Richard Wacko
Choreographer-
Most recent Utah Opera performance:
Recently:
Flying Dutchman; Utah Opera
Lucia de Lammermoor; Utah Opera
Romeo & Juliette; Utah Opera
La Traviata; Utah Opera
La Rondine; Utah Opera
Jenufa; Utah Opera
Eugene Onegin; Utah Opera
Jennifer Paradise
Assistant Director-
Most recent Utah Opera performance:
Recently:
Il Trovatore; Anchorage Opera
Andrea Chenier; Mobile Opera
Cyrano; Michigan Opera Theatre (World Premier)
Le nozze di Figaro; Michigan Opera Theatre
Susan Memmott Allred
Costume Designer
CHORUS
Camella Canete
Jen Hancock
Eric Sumner
Kara Lambert
Sammie Tollestrup
Jared Knowlton
Corey Clines
Devon Durkee
Sharalyn Duffin
Mike Cram
Steve Mathews
Kyra Morris
Marianne Cloutier
Neil Morris
Kathryn Monson
Christine McDonough
Heath Huberg
Catherine Coda
Paula Fowler
Tony Porter
Jon Schild
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